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AFL-CIO Targets West Virginia for Obama
October 21, 2008 3:30 PM
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Ferdous Al-Faruque Report: The AFL-CIO added West Virginia on Tuesday afternoon to its list of targeted states, bringing to 21 the total number of presidential states where the labor federation is competing.
"We were active in West Virginia in 2004. We did not include it on our battleground list this time. But because of the heightened fear on the part of working families about the economy, and where jobs are going, and health care, we think that it’s a viable state at this point," Karen Ackerman, the political director of the AFL-CIO, told ABCNEWS.com in an interview.
Ackerman said that there are 125,000 union voters in West Virginia, a number which includes union members as well as members of union households and union retirees. The AFL-CIO's effort in the state will include direct mail, phone banking, and talking to affiliate political directors about reaching out to their members.
Check out a PDF of AFL-CIO's first West Virginia mailer ad by clicking here. The ad has been sent out to 30,000 voters in the state.
Obama's chances in the Mountain State were originally dismissed because of the drubbing he took in the state's May 13 primary.
Hillary Clinton defeated Obama in West Virginia by a 67-to-26 percent margin.
Ackerman was not able to put a dollar figure on the size of the AFL-CIO's effort in West Virginia. It is part of a $250 million mobilization effort that the AFL-CIO and its 56 affiliated unions are making nationwide in 2008.
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Posted by: Fae | Oct 21, 2008 3:42:49 PM
Oh Fae, it seems the kool-aid drinkers are the travelers on the McCain/Palin disaster express! lol
Posted by: seansatx | Oct 21, 2008 3:56:08 PM
YES! we are going to take it these states by storm! OBAMA 08!
Posted by: John T | Oct 21, 2008 3:57:11 PM
FAE
and why would anyone donate you money noone knows you real stupid!
Posted by: ANGIE | Oct 21, 2008 4:00:23 PM
2008 is more like 1988 and 1992 in West Virginia with a bad economy after years of Republican mismanagement and that will make a difference.
Posted by: bhciapol | Oct 21, 2008 4:02:00 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Is Obama Going To Hawaii to Protect His Birth Certificate?
Depending on who you ask Senator Barack Obama is going to Hawaii to visit his ailing grandma or to work the Hawaiian courts to prevent the release of his birth certificate. Purveyors of the second theory point to the fact that when Obama was in Hawaii two months ago he spent so little time with the woman he threw under the bus during his race speech. They also mention that granny just isn't that sick.
Posted by: John t | Oct 21, 2008 4:07:21 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Is Obama Going To Hawaii to Protect His Birth Certificate?
Depending on who you ask Senator Barack Obama is going to Hawaii to visit his ailing grandma or to work the Hawaiian courts to prevent the release of his birth certificate. Purveyors of the second theory point to the fact that when Obama was in Hawaii two months ago he spent so little time with the woman he threw under the bus during his race speech. They also mention that granny just isn't that sick.
Posted by: John t | Oct 21, 2008 4:09:07 PM
Fae...please step away from the Kool Aid. You clearly have drank too much.
Obama in 08
Posted by: SwiftyPA | Oct 21, 2008 4:10:24 PM
John t...please feel free to distort the truth some more for us...and to please try and twist visiting someone's grandmother into a political stunt.
Obama in 08
Posted by: SwiftyPA | Oct 21, 2008 4:12:18 PM
Does anyone know what happens to money not spent from both campaigns?
Posted by: becky | Oct 21, 2008 4:16:38 PM
John t, please pass the kool-aid on to the next person. Thank you.
Posted by: Enough | Oct 21, 2008 4:16:51 PM
at some point all the mccrazys yelling obama people are zombies and are some kind of horde are going to look up from their hate filled moronic crap mouth tactics and realize they are the zombies
Posted by: Bhrandon | Oct 21, 2008 4:20:49 PM
john t
congratulations on being a total douche bag
Posted by: Bhrandon | Oct 21, 2008 4:21:32 PM
Becky - in Obama's case, it can go into his reelection fund, which (based on his past actions) I'd presume starts the day after inauguration.
Posted by: Dlr | Oct 21, 2008 4:21:43 PM
OBAMA'S THREE BIG LIES,
Obama Lie No. 1 — I will tax just the rich.
There is no such thing as a tax on just the rich. Taxes on wealthy people affect everyone.
Remember, Obama defines anyone making over $90,000 a year as "rich."
Joe the plumber discovered that Obama thinks Joe's rich too. Under Obama, he won't be able to hire new employees and grow his business.
Joe's not alone. Obama says he'll strip away the FICA cap at $90,000 for every worker. That means every dollar you earn over that amount, you'll pay 7 percent!
Obama Lie No. 2 — I want to give a tax cut
to the middle class.
Baloney!
Obama says he will let the Bush tax cuts expire. That's an automatic 5 percent (maximum) tax increase on almost all taxpayers.
Plus middle class folks pay capital gains taxes. Obama has said he wants to almost double them from a low of 15 percent to almost 30 percent.
He wants to hike the dividend tax, and he also has promised taxes on gas and energy.
Obama also wants to dramatically increase the estate tax, which had almost disappeared. There goes your idea of sharing your wealth with your kids in the future.
Obama Lie No. 3 — I want to make America
more secure.
Another outright lie.
In an age when crazies like Iran's Ahmadinejad are building ballistic missiles and promise to "destroy" the United States and Israel, Obama has promised to gut the missile defense program created by President Reagan.
"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems," Obama said.
He has promised to cut "tens of billions" of dollars from the Defense Department. In an effort to make us more "secure," Obama plans to disarm us.
In the age of 9/11 can we afford such a radical Leftist in the White House?
No, we can't.
bama is not just a danger to our economy, with his plans to raise taxes and spend $800 billion in new programs.
He is a radical out to reshape America beyond recognition.
He is so radical he even backed driver's licenses for illegal aliens — even though such a move would help future terrorists move freely in the United States.
Even Hillary Clinton opposed his radical plan.
But Obama not only touted such a plan running for president, he pushed for giving illegals driver's licenses as a state senator in Illinois.
He is also the most pro-abortion candidate in the history of the country. In 2001, as a state legislator in Illinois, he opposed a bill to protect live-born children — children actually born alive! He was the only Illinois senator to speak out against the bill.
He opposes gun rights. He has long history of trying to deny ordinary citizens access to guns.
He originally backed Washington D.C.'s total ban on private handguns — a ban that was overturned. The NRA rated him an "F" on gun positions and says he is one of the most dangerous anti-gun politicians in the nation.
Never forget that Obama is a Harvard-educated elitist. To him, we Americans are simply "bitter" and he has mocked us saying "[they] cling to their guns and their religion.
Posted by: Anna | Oct 21, 2008 4:21:48 PM
i was wondering the same thing becky, but since friday is the last day obama is taking donations im guessing they have all the cash doled out to whatever they want
maybe he will send mccain a donation of a thousand bucks
Posted by: Bhrandon | Oct 21, 2008 4:26:07 PM
Anna,
So tell me, what is it exactly McCain is for today? Hurry up and tell us before he changes his position again..
Posted by: indy_voter | Oct 21, 2008 4:30:56 PM
Anna: "Remember, Obama defines anyone making over $90,000 a year as 'rich.'"
Not sure where you got that. I seem to remember the question coming up at that faith forum both he and McCain attended.
Obama defined middle class as $250k and below whereas McCain defined middle class as anyone making under $5 million. The McCain campaign later claimed the comment was meant as a joke.
Posted by: Paul | Oct 21, 2008 4:32:30 PM
indy_voter: "So tell me, what is it exactly McCain is for today? Hurry up and tell us before he changes his position again.."
Actually I don't recall ever hearing what McCain is for. But I do know the campaign message of what McCain is against changes on a regular basis.
I guess that's why McCain says he's the real change candidate. Obama has had the same campaign message for 20 months. McCain's changes with the wind.
Posted by: Paul | Oct 21, 2008 4:35:24 PM
hey anna
try to check your facts... he never said 90k was rich
he did say if you make over 200k you will have your tax increased to what it was before bush came into office
joe the dumber actually would get a tax break under obama he even admits it
his company does not NET 200k+
and if he made over 200k hiring a new employee doesnt actually cause him to pay more taxes because they cut into his overhead
obama actually said he would let the tax cuts for the wealthy expire, he has said the tax cuts for the middle class would stay the same
so who is lying here anna?
capital gaines... do you know what that is?
who in america right now has capital gaines they are worrying about? last time i looked the stock market was crashing like dj ams airplane
obama has not said he would GUT the missile defense system he said he wants to look into it because it is something that hasnt been tested eats up billions of dollars and might not make us any more safe.. if it does make us more safe obama would continue it
however, the russians are mighty po'd at us for putting missile defense systems in georgia
as far as cutting defense spending yea why are we paying for americans to listen to phone sex of other americans...
im all for cutting that budget down
in the age of 9/11 had we had a president that was actually diplomatic and worked to preserve peace and preserve america in teh eyes of hte world, we wouldnt be in this position
no more maverick cowboy foreign policy K THNX BYE!!!
actually if you watched the debates she didnt oppose it she was for it then against it... then for it, then against it, then unsure where she stood
but hwatever, i mean its not like mccain has ever flipped his position on immigrants
its not PRO ABORTION its PRO CHOICE
there is a difference you crack pot.
pro abortion would mean someone who wnats to increase or make you have abortions, where as you want to stop abortions
normal people see that abortion sometimes is the only option and there should be a choice... we are a free country we should be free to make a choice
now while you say no abortions, you also dont want to help with sex education
so while we say you should have a choice we also say but we should educate people so that abortions are only a last resort
moron
he wont touch guns... you can look that up
Posted by: Bhrandon | Oct 21, 2008 4:41:55 PM
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